Wellington Province

Wellington
Provinces of New Zealand
Wellington Province as from 1853 to 1858
Country	New Zealand
Island	North Island
Established	1853
Abolished	1876
Named for	Wellington city
Seat	Wellington

Wellington Province, governed by the Wellington Provincial Council, was one of the provinces of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876. It covered much of the southern half of the North Island until November 1858, when Hawke's Bay Province split off, taking about a third of its area.